The Maryland History and Culture Bibliography
McLaughlin, R. M. "Memories of The Anne Arundel Years." Anne Arundel County History Notes 28 (January 1997): 3-4.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, County and Local History, Twentieth Century, Anne Arundel County
McLaughlin, Randall M. "Memories of the Anne Arundel Years-April 1953." Anne Arundel County History Notes 29 (April 1998): 7-8.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, County and Local History, Twentieth Century, Anne Arundel County
McLaughlin, Randall M. "Memories of the Anne Arundel Years- Summer, 1959: Thank Goodness for Xylocaine." Anne Arundel County History Notes 31 (October 1999): 7.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, County and Local History, Twentieth Century, Anne Arundel County
McLaughlin, Randall M. "Memories of The Anne Arundel Years: Mid 1949." Anne Arundel County History Notes 28 (July 1997): 15.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, County and Local History, Twentieth Century, Anne Arundel County
McLaughlin, Randall M. "Memories of The Anne Arundel Years: Early 1951." Anne Arundel County History Notes 29 (October 1997): 8-9.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, County and Local History, Twentieth Century, Anne Arundel County
McLaughlin, R. M. "Memories of The Anne Arundel Years." Anne Arundel County History Notes 27 (July 1996): 11.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, County and Local History, Twentieth Century, Anne Arundel County
McPherson, James A. Crabcakes: A Memoir. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1998.
"A Memorial: Elmer Martin Jackson, Jr., 1906-1995." Anne Arundel County History Notes 27 (October 1995): 17-19.
Middleton, Arthur Pierce. "William Smith: Godfather and First President of St. John's College." Maryland Historical Magazine 84 (1989): 235-41.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Education, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century, Anne Arundel County
Miller, Ruby Young. "Recollections-Part I." Anne Arundel County History Notes 28 (April 1997): 5-6, 13; "Part II." Anne Arundel County History Notes 28 (July 1997): 1-2, 12.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, County and Local History, Twentieth Century, Anne Arundel County
Morgan, Julia Boublitz. "Son of a Slave." Johns Hopkins Magazine 32 (June 1981): 20-26.
Notes: Kelly Miller (b. 1863).
Murphy, Camay C. Can a Coal Scuttle Fly? Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1996.
Murray, Pauli. Song in A Weary Throat: An American Pilgrimage. New York: Harper and Row, 1987.
Notes: Autobiography of a Black activist from Baltimore.
Categories: African American, Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Norton, Louis Arthur. Joshua Barney, Hero of the Revolution and 1812. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2000.
Notes: Joshua Barney (1758-1818) was a naval hero in both the American Revolution and the War of 1812. Aside from his military exploits, this patriotic Marylander's life is closely associated with the history of the American flag. Barney is best known for the spirited action of the barge men under his command at the Battle of Bladensburg in 1814. Alone among the Americans at the battle, Barney and his men fought bravely against a superior British force.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Maritime, Military, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century, Anne Arundel County, War of 1812
Parker, Michael P. "Alphabetical (Dis-)Order: The Annapolis Satires of William Oliver Stevens." Maryland Historical Magazine 85 (Spring 1990): 15-43.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Anne Arundel County
Parker, Michael P. "A Rose for Miss Lucy (and Miss Hessie): Philip B. Cooper and the Hammond-Harwood House." Anne Arundel County History Notes 23 (January 1992): 3-4, 17-18.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Anne Arundel County
Porter, Frank W. "John Widgeon: Naturalist, Curator and Philosopher." Maryland Historical Magazine 79 (Winter 1984): 325-331.
Categories: African American, Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Science and Technology, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century
Preston, Dickson J. Young Frederick Douglass: The Maryland Years. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1980.
Notes: There are a number of excellent biographies of Frederick Douglass including works by Eric Foner, William McFeeley and Benjamin Quarles. For the student of Maryland history, Preston's short but well-researched book focuses on the first twenty years of Douglass' life spent in Talbot County and Baltimore City. His experiences as a slave in Maryland shaped his subsequent career and thus are critical to understanding one of the greatest spokesmen for human rights.
Categories: African American, Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Nineteenth Century, Baltimore City, Talbot County
Ridout, Orlando, IV. "My Grandfather, The Bentztown Bard." Anne Arundel County History Notes 22 (July 1991): 3-4, 9-11.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Nineteenth Century, Anne Arundel County
Stiverson, Gregory A., and Jacobsen, Phebe R. William Paca: A Biography. Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1976.
Notes: Visitors to Annapolis mostly associate William Paca (1740-1799) with a handsome house and gardens restored to their original glory. Paca hailed from Harford County, owned extensive property on the Eastern Shore, but moved to Annapolis and emerged as a patriotic leader during the revolutionary era. Elected Governor in 1782, Paca headed a state government that witnessed the final victory over the British. This short biography provides a good introduction to the man and his era.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Politics and Law, Eighteenth Century, Anne Arundel County, Harford County
Sundquist, Eric J., ed. Frederick Douglass: New Literary and Historical Essays. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1990.
Warren, Mary G. "Charles Carroll of Carrollton." Anne Arundel County History Notes 19 (October 1987): 1-2.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Politics and Law, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century, Anne Arundel County
Watson, Denton L. Lion in the Lobby: Clarence Mitchell, Jr.'s Struggle for the Passage of Civil Rights Laws. New York: Morrow, 1990.
Notes: Chief lobbyist for the NAACP during the crucial decades of landmark Civil Rights legislation, Clarence Mitchell (1911-1984) was often called the "101st Senator." His wife, Juanita Jackson Mitchell, and mother-in-law, Lillie May Carroll Jackson, were leaders in the state and national NAACP. The story of his life parallels the history of the Civil Rights movement in the 20th century.
Categories: African American, Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Politics and Law, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Twentieth Century
Wax, Darold D. "A Philadelphia Surgeon on a Slaving Voyage to Africa, 1749-1751." Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography 92 (1968): 465-493.
Categories: African American, Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Medicine, Eighteenth Century
Weisgal, Deborah. A Joyful Noise: Claiming the Songs of My Fathers. New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1999.
Categories: African American, Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century